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Letters Patent No. 61,060, dated January 8, 1867. n

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM GENBBJAIOBS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ROBERT FARIES, of Marca, Macon county, State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in SteamGenerators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being' had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of this specification.'

The present invention consists in constructing a steam generator of aseries of similar pipes or cylinders, provided at each end withtransverse openings or eyes, and so securedt'ogcther that the eyes ofone pipe or cylinder will correspond with the eyes of another pipe orcylinder of the saine kind 'and size, whereby a communication for waterand steam is effected between and through the entire series or number ofpipes or cylin-- ders, among the many advantages secured by which may behere mentioned, as the most important, that its construction isexceedingly cheap and simple, while at the same time creat strength andabsolute safety from explosions are obtained, and the generator rendereddurable, as will be obvious from the following detail descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a plan or top view of a steam generator, madeaccording to the present invention; and

Figure 2, an elevation of one side of the same, with a portion of theupper .ends of the pipes or cylinders constituting the same, in verticalsection. l

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. I

A, in the drawings, represents the steam enerator, which is formed of aseri-es of sections, B B, of any number, according to the size ofgenerator desired, each of which sections is composed of two similarparallel pipes, C C, joined together at each end by a similap`cross-pipe, D, communicating with each pipe, C, which pipes, D, of theseveral sections, B, when to be joined together, are placed end to end,or so as to exactly correspond, and then bound orL jointed tightlytogether, by means of a rod, E, passed through the whole series at oneand both ends, with screw-nuts, I, upon each of their ends, the screwingof the 'said nuts in the proper direction causing the several sectionsto be drawn together with great tightness. In the generator shown in thedrawings two series of sections B are shown, both series being connectedtogether at their upper and lower cross-pipes, but at opposite cornersby elbow-pipes, G, so as to form a continuous communication through allthe several pipes C of each series, the two series being held apart bymeans of a plate, H, interposed between them at, or if anything a littlebelow, the water line of theseveral pipes, so as to prevent the heatfrom strilring directly against such portions of the pipes as contain nowater, but only steam. The steam generator formed by the two series ofsection-pipes, as above explained, is secured so as to stand in aninclinedposition,

as plainly shown in iig. l, in which case the plate II will behorizontal, or nearly so. In the upper ends of the several cross-pipesof the steam generator, in line, however, with the parallel pipes C C,apertures, a, are made, for the purpose of cleansing the latter pipes,which apertures are to be stopped by screw-plugs, or in any othersuitable manner.

The several pipes ofthe steam generator above explained may be made ofcast iron, and two or more of them cast in one piece, or made of sheetmetal, and riveted, or in any other proper manner, to form the crosspipeor opening between them. When a number of pipes are formed and securedtogether as above explained, or in any othertproper or suitable manner,they form a boiler, or section of a boiler, in the shape of a slab, ifit may be so termed, any number of which slabs may be secured togetherto make a boiler of the capacity or form required. I

I do not wish to limit'V m self to an of the minor attachments of theabove-described steam enerator- Y Y g a nor to any particular manner ofsetting it up, for afteuthe slabs are once formed they can be set up iii"a variety of modes, as, for instance, in the manner described above, orso set up as to enclose a furnace, with the fire upon the inside,surrounded with pipes, ne. The pipes may be also held together otherthan the manner explained, as, for instance, by {langos upon each end oftheir cross-pipes, bolted or otherwise properly secured together; andtherefore I do not limit myself to the particular manner explained. Bysetting the steam generator in an inclined position, as explained, allrefuse matters, mud, Ste., conta-ined in the water from which thesteamis generated will be all 'gathered together at the lower corner ofthe generator, from whence it can be removed with readiness andfacility.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combinationof the parallel pipes C C, perforated cross-pipes D, elbow-pipes G,secured as described,

and plate H, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ROBERT FARIES.

lIYitnesses:

C. 0. BURRoUons, J. B. Gama

